Please feel free too. Most of the press on these is from serial numbers far below where they are at manufacturing wise today. I'm not worried in the least bit.

For me the bigger issue is not some quality control issues that may have since been fixed, but poor customer service. I have emailed and left voice mails, and still no response from Adam's U.S. office in over a week. Come on, Adam! Pick up the phone!

I have the bass resonance distortion problem on one of my 6 months old A7's. Also, one day the same speaker suddenly dropped i volume. I turned it off, re-inserted xlr and turned back on. Back to original level but still distortion.

I'm sorry to hear about the problems with Adam 7s. I have owned a pair for about a year and have had no problems. After reading this thread, I will cross my fingers and hope this continues to be the case.........

now the problem I have is that I'm very close to buying a set of mons, I want the A7's as anything that I've heard on youtube (especially James Lugo's stuff) coming through Adam monitors sounds soo good, but I have the chance to get some cheapish PMC TB2's or DB1's but passive, and cannot afford the likes of Bryston et al. This is why I'am back at the A7.

I bought a brand new pair of A7s last week from GC. Serial numbers in the P-806XX range. Both are perfect out of the box, totally equal in level and no quality concerns period. I have about 40 hours on them, so far so good. Paired them up with the new series KRK K10S foot switchable 10" sub which was on sale for $370.

The percentage of A7s that have problems is probably the same as for Adam's other products.

The absolute number of those with problems is higher as there are so many A7s out there.

That may be part of it, but I highly doubt that's the whole story.

The A7 speakers are made in China, unlike the others which are all made in Germany. I'd expect there to be more quality control issues, and they're priced accordingly as well. And even though I'm sure that the A7s outsell the others by a wide margin, there are still a lot of people out there who are using other models in the line, and many of them were using them years before the A7s were even on the market. If there was a similar amount of issues percentage-wise I'm sure we would have heard more about it.

Having said all that, I've had a pair of A7s for maybe two or three years now with no issues...

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I remember a customer who bought a $20 warranty on a pair of $100 headphones. I guess because he inadvertently sat on them AON wouldn't give him money for a replacement.

And even though I'm sure that the A7s outsell the others by a wide margin, there are still a lot of people out there who are using other models in the line, and many of them were using them years before the A7s were even on the market. If there was a similar amount of issues percentage-wise I'm sure we would have heard more about it.

This certainly may be the case. With only anecdotal evidence it's hard for us to tell. Adam knows but is unlikely to share the objective data.

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The A7 speakers are made in China, unlike the others which are all made in Germany.

I've seen various posts stating this, but do we know this is true? I am not challenging the statement, just hoping to find a definitive source as to whether this is the case.

(You are dead on with respect to the headphones. Sitting on them is not a warranty issue. Sheesh.)

I only wrote a few posts on this board within last few months, and all are about adam a7.

I first noticed that the tweeters on my monitors are not the same.
The ribbon on one is monuted near to the grill an the other away from the grill.
It seems like there are two types of A7s, one with the first type of tweeter and the other with second.
So, as they sell the speakers by piece, you can easily get the different tweeters in one pair.

Then I noticed the level problem. This is, as I see, the usual problem.

Ok... I could deal with this.

Then, while I was listening to some bass guitar takes, I noticed that one of the speakers is making noise. Resonating noise. On higher bass levels.

Ok... now it became more frustrating, I could handle everything, but not the sound problems.

During this, I mailed few e-mails to adam. Usa and Europe...

No one answered. No support at all.

In my country, these speakers cost 1300$ for pair.
I wasn't expecting that the quallity control would be as on the 10$ multimedia speakers.
I expected them to work perfectly for the price they cost.

Still, no ADAM support answered my e-mails.

I'm in Croatia.
I bought these speakers few months ago.

I really like the sound of these monitors, and in the future i thought of buying some more expensive ADAM speakers... but the quallity control.... and the support.....

It seems that one of my woofer is rattling, but the monitors are brand new.

And I see over the internet, I'm not the only one with this problem. Many people have this problem, with one woofer making rattling noise when reproducing bass frequencies... and 'i'm not event talking about high pressure levels here, but moderate listening levels.

It is not so detectable when the music is played on, only with solo instruments when monitoring.

How poor is the quality control of this product, when they are sold with broken woofers?

These monitors could be top sellers, because they really sound good, how could these things happen to manufacturer of mostly high end gear?

It seems that one of my woofer is rattling, but the monitors are brand new.

And I see over the internet, I'm not the only one with this problem. Many people have this problem, with one woofer making rattling noise when reproducing bass frequencies... and 'i'm not event talking about high pressure levels here, but moderate listening levels.

It is not so detectable when the music is played on, only with solo instruments when monitoring.

How poor is the quality control of this product, when they are sold with broken woofers?

These monitors could be top sellers, because they really sound good, how could these things happen to manufacturer of mostly high end gear?

They are good shop, I never had problems with them, and they take care of they customers... but i need these monitors now and i don't know how long will it take for them to replace the woofer...

It should be the most simple thing to repair, just to put the new woofer in.

As i said, this rattling sound is not detectable when the entire mix is reproduced, just when monitoring the individual sounds, like bass guitar...

As for the different tweeters, the seller said that this doesn't matter in reproduction of the sound... i can agree with that... you can detect some subtle difference in high frequencies when a/b each monitors, but it is not audiable in stereo listening...

The difference in levels is probably not 5db, but few db less... when on "5" (middle), the level knobs are not in the same position, so maybe this is a problem from different calibration of knobs... it easy to set them on 5 because they make click, but you must dial the higher or lower volume settings...

The woofer that works good, has no noise, it has a good punchy sound, handles high levels well, I would surely like to have that sound in my both woofers...

Don't get me wrong, I really like the sound of Adams, and I'll stick to them, it's just so frustrating... when you buy a new thing and you have to worry about repairment...

I totally agree with everyone saying the A7's sound great... until... they die! Soundwise they are the best monitors I have owned. Qualitywise they are the most useless piece of **** gear I have ever come across.

Come on, even all my cheapest Behringer gear have outlived the A7's by a long time. This thread shows that the A7's are mass produced crap with lots of quality control issues.

How about some attention here!? Stop twiddling your thumbs and respond!

I think you'd be surprised how understanding and loyal most of your customers would be if you simply remained upfront and honest. Oh, and available for contact once in a blue moon...

Until then, I wouldn't expect anybody to let up. I know I'm not going anywhere until your obligations are fulfilled. Not to mention the fact that the longer you bide your time, the more it's going to take to appease the masses!

Hmmm i was just making a thread and asked if these are the best choice for the money. Propably should choose Dynaudios then.
Gotta wonder tho - why are they making something that has problems like these?

I'm not questioning that you have a problem, but have you made absolutely sure that your monitor stand or something else is not rattling?

Little rattles are very tough to track down. Given that the rattle is very subtle it just might be something other than the speaker.

Often when I think there is a problem like this, I find that swapping the speakers doesn't move the problem to the other side. Then I know to track down what is actually the problem.

Of course, you may have already down this.

No, he's right. I just noticed the same problem on my A7's. It's not noticable in the music, but when you solo the bass, one of the speakers is rattling, even at normal listening level. It's coming from the middle of the speaker cone.

No, he's right. I just noticed the same problem on my A7's. It's not noticable in the music, but when you solo the bass, one of the speakers is rattling, even at normal listening level. It's coming from the middle of the speaker cone.

Peter.

Oh my, I think I just solved it!!

I was going to send it back anyway, so I opened the back side to see if something was loose inside, and yes, when I turned the monitor upside down, a small piece of wood (wedge shape) fell out. There are marks of glue on it, so it must have come loose in transportation.
I tested the monitor again and the rattling is completely gone! I don't know if I really need this piece of wood inside my monitor, it seems to do nothing bad to the sound without it inside.

I was going to send it back anyway, so I opened the back side to see if something was loose inside, and yes, when I turned the monitor upside down, a small piece of wood (wedge shape) fell out. There are marks of glue on it, so it must have come loose in transportation.
I tested the monitor again and the rattling is completely gone! I don't know if I really need this piece of wood inside my monitor, it seems to do nothing bad to the sound without it inside.